Charles Darwin

Work and personality (1809-1882): In occasion of 200th anniversary of his birth

Petar, Vlahović

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

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1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%268477&page=0&so...

2010-2021/11/01/13:13:10

During 2009. Humanity has with reason celebrated 200th anniversary of Charles Darwins birth. Goal of this proclamation is to draw attention to Darwins life, scientific orientation, under standing of creation and development of man and significance of Darwins work for modern science. Charles Darwin comes from prominent and very educated family. In his youth he was eager about hunting and introducing with nature. On his trip around the world on the ship 'Beagle' (1831-1836) he had collected precious scientific material and studied creation and development of modern organic world. He published his conclusions in numerous scientific arguments and especially in 'On the origin of species' (1859) and 'Descent of man' (1871). Scientific work about origins and development of organic world and man Darwin had based on numerous exact facts which he obtained from his studies at that time. Darwins scientific work concerning creation and development of man and organic life still hasn't lost it's significance. Modern positivistic and exact experimental researches, motivated by Darwins ideas, mostly confirm his theory of evolution of man and other organic life. Former statical under standing of life and world has, thanks to Darwins scientific creativity, been amended by exact researches. .